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RJNorton · 03-21-2014, 06:20 AM

Excellent, Joe. Good job.

I have read various versions of the story. Here is one. In 1825 Abraham Lincoln borrowed a book from a neighbor named Josiah Crawford. It was titled "Life of Washington" by Parson Weems. Unfortunately Abe left the book inside the Lincolns' cabin near where there was a chink in the logs and an all-night rain had soaked the book. He then worked off its worth for Mr. Crawford.

Gene C · 03-21-2014, 08:40 AM

Still availablefrom Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Prices vary quite a bit.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/parson-w...washington

L Verge · 03-21-2014, 11:26 AM

I believe that Parson Weems was the one who started the legend of Washington chopping down the cherry tree? Or was it the one about tossing the coin across the Potomac?

RJNorton · 03-21-2014, 11:48 AM

Laurie, in Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President Ed Steers writes, "En route to his inauguration in 1861, he (Lincoln) told a special session of the New Jersey state senate at Trenton that he still harbored deeply ingrained memories of 'a small book' he had 'got hold of...away back in my childhood: Mason Locke Weems's Life of Washington. Parson Weems's best seller had all but invented the myths of Washington cutting down the cherry tree and lobbing a coin across the wide Potomac, but its strained credulity did not bother the president-elect trying to earn respect as he faced down a nation-threatening secession crisis."

Eva Elisabeth · 03-22-2014, 04:58 AM

Well then, who is this gentleman?

Eva Elisabeth · 03-22-2014, 03:19 PM

Hint #1: Think of a reptile.

L Verge · 03-22-2014, 05:10 PM

Sorry, can't post the name of the one I'm thinking of.....

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 03-22-2014 06:36 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)

??? Why not? However, hint #2: Think of a species of that sort of reptile that tempted Eve.

Hint #3: Yet I have no PLAN about how to go on with this.

Rogerm · 03-23-2014, 12:02 AM

Was there any person associated with Lincoln or the Civil War whose name was Cobra?

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 03-23-2014 05:05 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)

Thanks for your reply, Roger!! I really was not sure (had no PLAN) what to do. I thought one could see in the picture he was a GENERAL (much older st the time of the CW though - and before I had only seen pictures of him at older age. Also I thought SNAKE (not a cobra, another species) and PLAN would have revealed him.
Hint #4: He died in 1866.

RJNorton · 03-23-2014, 05:29 AM

Winfield Scott?

Eva Elisabeth · 03-23-2014, 05:43 AM

Very good, Roger, this is Winfield Scott. Thanks for guessing.

Gene C · (This post was last modified: 03-23-2014 07:51 AM by Gene C.)

The snake was the Anaconda?

http://civilwardailygazette.com/wp-conte...aconda.jpg

Eva Elisabeth · 03-29-2014, 06:55 AM

Who is this gentleman?

RJNorton · 03-29-2014, 07:34 AM

James A. Ekin?